1995 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 1500 metres

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These are the results of the Women's 1500 metres event at the 1995 World Championships in Athletics in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Gone were the Chinese sensations of two years earlier, not a single representative in this field, their only distance running representative in these championships incapable of making a final. The start of the final was aggressive but slow as a lot of elbows were flying as athletes maneuvered for position at a slow pace. 1991 champion and Olympic champion Hassiba Boulmerka wanted to go into her customary second spot but found it difficult to find a leader. After 200 meters, Yvonne Graham ran around the crowd to self nominate herself into the lead, followed by Boulmerka. The leaders remained in that position for a kilometer, with the chasers right behind jockeying for position. Coming in to the final lap, Kelly Holmes had positioned herself in third place. Crossing the start line for the final time, the fireworks began. Boulmerka ran past Graham with Holmes less than a metre behind. With 200 to go, Boulmerka and Holmes were running stride for stride, Holmes on the outside of the turn. Carla Sacramento was the next chaser and the medalists were decided with a breakaway. By the end of the turn, Boulmerka had won the battle, but she pulled into lane 2. Holmes lined herself up in lane 1 to make a run at Boulmerka, but instead the gap kept slowly widening.

Medalists

Gold Algeria Hassiba Boulmerka
Algeria (ALG)
Silver United Kingdom Kelly Holmes
Great Britain (GBR)
Bronze Portugal Carla Sacramento
Portugal (POR)

Results

Heats

First 6 of each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Hassiba Boulmerka  Algeria 4:11.34 Q
2 1 Kelly Holmes  Great Britain 4:11.87 Q
3 1 Lyudmila Borisova  Russia 4:12.07 Q
4 1 Sarah Thorsett  United States 4:12.10 Q
5 1 Carla Sacramento  Portugal 4:12.12 Q
6 1 Maite Zúñiga  Spain 4:12.13 Q
7 1 Petya Strashilova  Bulgaria 4:13.27 q
8 1 Maria Akraka  Sweden 4:13.38 q
9 3 Yvonne Graham  Jamaica 4:13.70 Q
10 3 Margarita Marusova  Russia 4:13.91 Q
11 3 Ruth Wysocki  United States 4:13.93 Q
12 3 Anna Brzezińska  Poland 4:14.34 Q
13 3 Theresia Kiesl  Austria 4:14.52 Q
14 3 Leah Pells  Canada 4:14.69 Q
15 1 Julia Sakara  Zimbabwe 4:15.02 q
16 3 Blandine Bitzner-Ducret  France 4:16.21 q
17 2 Kutre Dulecha  Ethiopia 4:17.70 Q
18 2 Lyudmila Rogachova  Russia 4:18.14 Q
19 2 Małgorzata Rydz  Poland 4:18.40 Q
20 2 Suzy Hamilton  United States 4:18.49 Q
21 3 Marta Domínguez  Spain 4:18.61 q
22 2 Angela Chalmers  Canada 4:18.77 Q
23 2 Frederique Quentin  France 4:18.86 Q
24 2 Yelena Bychkovskaya  Belarus 4:18.97 q
25 2 Svetlana Miroshnik  Ukraine 4:19.12
26 3 Bigna Samuel  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 4:25.94
27 2 Khin Khin Htwe  Myanmar 4:26.69
28 3 Nompumelelo Zwane  Swaziland 4:49.32
29 2 Rosemary Omundsen  Papua New Guinea 4:51.86
30 1 Nirmala Bharati  Nepal 4:53.60

Semifinals

First 5 of each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 Małgorzata Rydz  Poland 4:08.70 Q
2 2 Lyudmila Rogachova  Russia 4:08.72 Q
3 2 Lyudmila Borisova  Russia 4:08.83 Q
4 2 Angela Chalmers  Canada 4:08.92 Q
5 2 Ruth Wysocki  United States 4:09.03 Q
6 1 Hassiba Boulmerka  Algeria 4:09.13 Q
7 1 Kelly Holmes  Great Britain 4:09.15 Q
8 2 Maite Zúñiga  Spain 4:09.61 q
9 2 Yvonne Graham  Jamaica 4:09.62 q
10 1 Carla Sacramento  Portugal 4:10.03 Q
11 2 Suzy Hamilton  United States 4:10.28
12 1 Anna Brzezińska  Poland 4:10.75 Q
13 1 Margarita Marusova  Russia 4:10.92 Q
14 1 Blandine Bitzner-Ducret  France 4:11.11
15 1 Petya Strashilova  Bulgaria 4:11.62
16 2 Frederique Quentin  France 4:11.66
17 2 Kutre Dulecha  Ethiopia 4:11.86
18 1 Leah Pells  Canada 4:12.07
19 1 Sarah Thorsett  United States 4:12.26
20 1 Theresia Kiesl  Austria 4:12.31
21 1 Maria Akraka  Sweden 4:13.16
22 2 Yelena Bychkovskaya  Belarus 4:15.99
23 2 Julia Sakara  Zimbabwe 4:16.67
24 1 Marta Domínguez  Spain 4:18.72

Final

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Hassiba Boulmerka  Algeria 4:02.42
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Kelly Holmes  Great Britain 4:03.04
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Carla Sacramento  Portugal 4:03.79
4 Angela Chalmers  Canada 4:04.74
5 Lyudmila Borisova  Russia 4:04.78
6 Anna Brzezińska  Poland 4:05.65
7 Ruth Wysocki  United States 4:07.08
8 Maite Zúñiga  Spain 4:07.27
9 Lyudmila Rogachova  Russia 4:07.83
10 Yvonne Graham  Jamaica 4:08.01
11 Margarita Marusova  Russia 4:11.64
12 Małgorzata Rydz  Poland 4:20.83

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